Carnival of Real Estate #46

Colorful subjects, colorful posts. Appropriately, today’s 46th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate uses a color theme this week when annointing the winners since Craig Schiller, host of the carnival, is a home stager in Chicago and the author/owner/stager of the Home Staging, Rants & Raves blog. Craig’s biz is to "… professionally merchandise properties using style, scale, proportion, color, and flow to ultimately make a home "unforgettable" in the eyes of the buyer." Go take a look!

The top award — the RED FINALIST AWARD — went to Michael Simonsen of Altos Research Real Estate Insights for his post on pricing heat maps. Craig writes, "The heat maps posted on Michael Simonson’s blog entitled Bay Area Price Reductions Heat Map captivated my interest… it was new, fresh, interesting and different. Because I am a home stager, I have seen time and again how it helps to sell people by helping them see. Michael shares a tool Realtors could use in any market to help visually explain and then create effective pricing strategies with their client home sellers."

The next carnival will be held on Monday, June 18 at RE Agent in CT. Please submit your best post by Sunday, June 17 (Father’s Day), to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and would you like to host a future edition or take a more active role in carnival administration? If so, get instructions on how to do so here. Please check the complete FAQ list if you have other questions as to how to participate.